Lot 212
Letter by Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik – Head of Brisk Yeshiva
Letter of thanks for receiving books for the yeshiva's library, signed by the head of the yeshiva Rabbi "Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik" and stamps of "The Brisk Yeshiva – in Jerusalem". Jerusalem, Adar 1967.
Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik (1916-1981), firstborn of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev of Brisk. During the Holocaust, immigrated with his father to Jerusalem, and together they established the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and later stood at its head. Considered one of the greatest rabbis of the last generation. His son who succeeded him is Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik, who now heads the yeshiva.
Postcard, 9.5X14.5 cm. Good condition, folding crease.
